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Pillow To Pine For

Dress up your cabin with this pillow featuring a dimensional pinecone nestled between wisps of pine branches, colorful berries and a unique pine needle edging. It’s the perfect accent pillow for your home or cabin for fall and winter.

Do you knit as well? Be sure to check out the knit version of this pillow in the October issue of I Like Knitting magazine.

Finishing

Position Pinecone onto Pillow Front using photo as a guide or where desired. Use C1 and tapestry needle to sew outer edges to Pillow.

Using photo as guide, place 10” Pine Needle Branch to top right of pinecone and downward along right side edge; 7” Branch along upper left top edge of pinecone and 3” Branch on lower left of pinecone and use yarn tails to sew center of branches to Pillow with short back stitches.

Use C2 to sew Pine Needle Edging over whip stitches seam of Pillow in same manner.

Note: Do not sew pine needle ends down.

Ease edging around corners or where desired for additional fullness. If edging length is too long, remove lp from safety pin and unravel to desired length fasten off and complete sewing onto Pillow. If more edging is desired, remove lp from safety pin and work more reps of Pine Needle Edging Row 2 to desired length, fasten off and complete sewing onto Pillow.

Place Berry Sprays where desired onto Pillow, use tapestry needle and thread tails to sew center of spray to Pillow, being sure to catch threads that go through center of bead to secure snugly into position.